“Ang ningning ay nakasisilaw at nakasisira sa paningin. Ang liwanag ay kinakailangan ng mata upang mapagwari ang buong katunayan ng mga bagay-bagay… Ating hanapin ang liwanag.” — mula sa sanaysay “Liwanag at Dilim” ni Emilio Jacinto (1896)
“Brilliance dazzles and blinds. The eyes need light to behold the true nature of things… Let us seek light.” — from “Light and Darkness”, Emilio Jacinto (1896)
Pagbati at Pasasalamat
Kumusta, mga mahal naming mambabasa.
Ikinagagalak naming ihandog sa inyo ang ikapitong edisyon ng Liwanag at Dilim, ang taunang e-magasin na inililimbag ng mga estudyante ng Filipino 6 sa UCLA. Ito ay naglalaman ng mga sari-saring komposisyon na nagmula sa pagsusumikap ng mga mag-aaral sa bawat baitang ng Filipino sa UCLA at sa ibang mga klase sa Filipino sa iba’t ibang unibersidad, katulad ng UH Manoa, UC Berkeley, Osaka Gaidai, UC San Diego, San Diego State University, at Unibersidad ng Pilipinas. Inaanyayahan namin kayong basahin at panoorin ang aming mga nilikha sa paglalakbay patungo sa sariling pagkakakilanlan. Umaasa kaming kayo ay malulugod at makapupulot ng mabuting aral, at sana rin ay makatulong ito sa inyong pag-aaral ng wika at kulturang Filipino.
Nais naming ipaabot ang lubos naming pasasalamat kay Tita, kasi kung hindi dahil sa kanya, hindi magiging posible ang pagtipon at paglimbag ng aming mga nilikha. Siya ang nagbukas ng pintuan at naglatag ng daan upang mabigyan kami ng liwanag ukol sa wika at kulturang tila tumatambay sa kadiliman. (Ipagpatawad ninyo sana ang miserableng paglalaro ng mga salita). Marami pa sana kaming gustong abutan ng pasasalamat, ngunit dahil sa pagkahaba-haba ng listahan, hindi malayong mapuno ang pahinang ito ng magagandang pangalan. Kaya tara na, larga na at simulan na natin ang ating paglalakbay! Hanggang sa muli, mga mahal naming kaibigan.
Sumasainyo,
Ang klase ng Filipino 6
P.S.
Pakibisita naman ang aming Credits Page, kung saan naroon ang listahan ng mga taong nais naming pasalamatan. Oras at pawis ang inialay nila para matulungan kaming mailimbag ang e-magasin na ito. Maraming salamat po.
Greetings and many thanks for visiting Liwanag at Dilim, UCLA’s Filipino language and culture e-magazine! As we present to you the seventh edition of Liwanag at Dilim, we invite you to share the experiences and stories that have shaped our learning of not only Filipino culture but also the way in which we see our world. What stands before you is the collaborative effort of community leaders, faculty members, and Filipino language students from universities around the world. The Intermediate Filipino class at UCLA has worked ardently to share this publication because we believe that learning is not a singular effort. As Professor Nenita Domingo often says, “No man is an island.” While learning comes from within, comprehensive understanding of any topic requires sharing ideas and engaging in dialogue. On that note, I invite you to join us in a conversation about history, culture, identity, and everything in between.
We would like to express our undying gratitude to our dear Professor Nenita Domingo (Tita) for making this magazine possible. We are honored to have the opportunity to continue her seven-year legacy of Liwanag at Dilim. Thank you to Tita for sharing her passion for learning – for showing us that studies stem not purely from textbooks but are enriched by the world around us. She helped us open our eyes, hearts, and minds to new ways of connecting our past to our everyday lives… ultimately providing us with tools to shape our future. We hope that you keep that lesson in mind as you explore our publication. Enjoy!
In love, life, and learning,
Linda Reyes
English Editor, L&D
Filipino 6 class
Dear All:
Greetings from the chair’s office of the UCLA Asian Languages and Cultures Department! I am delighted to be introduced to the online community of “Liwanag at Dilim.” It is really impressive to me that students in Filipino language classes already write such interesting and creative bilingual essays. Even though the department does not yet offer specific courses on Filipino literature, you are already showing such literary flair!
Several years ago, I read José Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere (1887), thanks to the discussion of this Philippine nationalist novel written in Spanish by historian Benedict Anderson. Literature and writing were at the forefront of Filipino consciousness in the Philippines, and I am delighted that you are writing with such interest and gusto in the United States and elsewhere. Congratulations and I wish you the best for the current issue and all the future issues to come.
With regards,
Shu-mei Shih
Professor and Interim Chair, Asian Languages and Cultures
Professor, Comparative Literature and Asian American Studies
Co-Director, “Cultures in Transnational Perspective”
UCLA Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in the Humanities
Dear Friends,
It gives me great pleasure to announce this new edition of Liwanag at Dilim. We are very proud of the work the students put into this newsletter every year under the careful guidance of Dr. Nenita Domingo. The tremendous success of the Filipino program at UCLA is a unique example of dedication, diligence and enthusiasm.
Enjoy!
Gyanam Mahajan, Ph.D.
Language Program Coordinator,
SSEALCALC Department, UCLA
Congratulations to everyone involved with this issue of Liwanag at Dilim. It represents a year of hard work and a love of Filipino language that is very inspirational. Making it available on the internet should insure that the public can both appreciate it and learn from it.
I hope that all of you will make every effort to maintain and even increase your Filipino language skills in the future, either by taking more language classes, by staying involved with the Filipino community in the U.S., and/or by visiting the Philippines. Language opens a door to deeper communication and I hope you will eagerly walk through that door.
Mabuhay kayong lahat,
Barbara S. Gaerlan
Assistant Director, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
UCLA Liwanag at Dilim 2012 